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Product Management Bulletin-PM-17-002

Date
To
All Approved Insurance Providers
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties
From
Richard H. Flournoy, Deputy Administrator /s/ Richard H. Flournoy 1/18/2017
Subject
2017 Crop Year (CY) Common Crop Insurance Policy and Margin Protection Projected Prices and Volatility Factors

 Common Crop Insurance Policy 1

The 2017 CY projected prices shown below are approved for the Yield Protection, Revenue Protection and Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion plans of insurance. The 2017 CY volatility factors shown below are approved for the Revenue Protection and Revenue Protection with Harvest Price Exclusion plans of insurance. The projected prices and volatility factors apply to policies with a January 31 sales closing date and are applicable for the crops, types, practices and states indicated below:

Crop/Type/Practice/StateExchangeContractProjected PriceVolatility Factor
Corn TexasCBOTSeptember Corn$3.75/bu.0.18
Corn – Organic Practice TexasCBOTSeptember Corn$8.58/bu.0.18
Cotton TexasICEDecember Cotton$0.70/lb.0.14
Cotton – Organic Practice TexasICEDecember Cotton$1.10/lb.0.14
1 Projected Prices and Volatility Factors are applicable for Stacked Income Protection (STAX) and the Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO).

Common Crop Insurance Policy 1

Crop/Type/Practice/StateExchangeContractProjected PriceVolatility Factor
Grain Sorghum TexasCBOTSeptember Corn$3.63/bu.0.18
Grain Sorghum – Organic Practice TexasCBOTSeptember Corn$5.34/bu.0.18
Peanuts – Runner Type TexasCBOT/ ICEDecember Wheat, Cotton, Soybean Oil & Soybean Meal$0.1930/lb.0.12
Peanuts – Spanish Type TexasCBOT/ ICEDecember Wheat, Cotton, Soybean Oil & Soybean Meal$0.2528/lb.0.12
Rice – Long Grain Type & No Type Specified TexasCBOTSeptember Rice$0.102/lb.0.17
Rice – Medium & Short Grain Types TexasCBOTSeptember Rice$0.116/lb.0.17
Rice – Long Grain Type & No Type Specified; Organic Practice TexasCBOTSeptember Rice$0.137/lb.0.17
Rice – Medium & Short Grain Types; Organic Practice TexasCBOTSeptember Rice$0.156/lb.0.17
Soybeans TexasCBOTNovember Soybeans$9.99/bu.0.15
Soybeans – Organic Practice TexasCBOTNovember Soybeans$20.12/bu.0.15
Sunflowers – Oil Type TexasCBOTJuly Soybean Oil$0.190/lb.0.12
Sunflowers – Oil Type; Organic Practice TexasCBOTJuly Soybean Oil$0.306/lb.0.12
Sunflowers – Confectionary Type; All Practices TexasCBOTJuly Soybean Oil$0.280/lb.0.12
1 Projected Prices and Volatility Factors are applicable for the Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO).

Margin Protection Plan 

The following 2017 CY margin projected prices and volatility factors are approved for the Margin Protection Plan. The margin projected price is used in conjunction with projected input prices and the expected county yield to derive the expected margin (per acre), trigger margin (per acre) and liability. The expected margins for each crop/county are available at the following web page on RMA’s public website: aibpf-rma.fpac.usda.gov/apps/ActuarialInformationBrowser/CropCriteria.aspx . Please see the following web page on RMA’s public website for program details: www.rma.usda.gov/about-crop-insurance/managing-farm-risk/insurance-plans.

Crop/TypeExchangeContract MarginProjected PriceVolatility Factor
Rice – Long Grain Type & No Type Specified TexasCBOTSeptember Rice$0.102/pound0.17
Rice – Medium & Short Grain Types TexasCBOTSeptember Rice$0.116/pound0.17

DISPOSAL DATE 
December 31, 2017